Feature

Courtyard Planning

Layered luxury residence with offset courtyards, screened glazing, planted buffers, and separate public and private wings.
Journal Article

The Architecture of Privacy: Zoning, Sightlines, and Degrees of Separation

Privacy in a luxury home is strongest when it is built into the plan rather than added afterward. This essay examines zoning, circulation, sightlines, level changes, courtyards, landscape, and layered thresholds as tools for creating graduated degrees of seclusion while preserving openness, daylight, and architectural continuity.